Russian ecologists slam 'horrifying' nuclear waste bill (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:54:55 GMT
Russian environmentalists and opposition activists Wednesday condemned as "irresponsible" a bill on the disposal of nuclear waste that is being debated by the Russian parliament.
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Blow for Augean as nuclear waste disposal plan is blocked (Yorkshire Post Today)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:19:03 GMT
HAZARDOUS waste firm Augean is to appeal against a council decision blocking it from accepting low level nuclear waste at its King's Cliffe site, near Peterborough. (18/03/2010 12:02:00)
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Councillors dump nuclear waste plan (Environmental Data Interactive Exchange)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:13:10 GMT
Councillors have dumped plans to landfill nuclear waste in what could be a big blow to Government plans to increase the country's nuclear generation capacity.
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Greenpeace urges France's Areva to stop nuclear waste exports to Russia (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:51:35 GMT
MOSCOW, March 17 (RIA Novosti) - Greenpeace activists are calling on French company Areva to cease nuclear waste exports to Moscow ahead of another train delivery of radioactive uranium on Wednesday.
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King's Cliffe nuclear waste plan rejected (Rutland & Stamford Mercury)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:06:04 GMT
PLANS to dump nuclear waste in King's Cliffe have today been rejected.
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Germany nuclear waste dump plans sparks row (Press TV)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:27:38 GMT
Germany's environment ministry has come under fire for green-lighting further exploration of a disused salt mine in northern Germany as a potential final storage site for nuclear waste.
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Waste dump debate a 'health issue' (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:45:35 GMT
The Senate committee in charge of the inquiry into the Federal Government's proposed nuclear waste dump legislation is expected to decide today whether to visit Tennant Creek.
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Environmental groups bring foreboding proof to the public about Russia’s new radioactive waste bill (Bellona Foundation)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:53:27 GMT
A group of powerful Russian environmentalists on Wednesday slammed as “horrifying,” “unbalanced,” and “irresponsible” a new legislation effort on the management and disposal of radioactive waste that is now under debated in the Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, the environmental groups told Bellona Tuesday.
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German Nuclear Waste Decision May Take 25 Years, Minister Says (Bloomberg)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:11:48 GMT
March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Germany’s plan to develop a site to store its most dangerous radioactive waste may require 25 more years before a decision can be made, the environment minister said.
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N-waste shipment safely delivered Add your comments (Whitehaven News)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:03:55 GMT
ANOTHER shipment of highly radioactive waste has arrived safely in The Netherlands from Sellafield.
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